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Hardiness
Zones:
9-10;
normally grown as an annual
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Height:
3
to 4'
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Light
Requirements: Sun
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Soil/Moisture:
Wide
range of soil types |
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Form/Texture:
Upright;
arching clump
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Inflorescence:
Purplish
pink inflorescence from mid summer to frost; excellent cut flower
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Comments: Normally
grown as an annual; may self seed; may need staking under wet conditions;
sensitive to frost
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Cultivars:
Cupreum: purple leaves; 3'; arching clump
Burgundy
Giant: red leaves; purple flowers; 4-5'; rapid growth
Rubrum:
purple fountain grass; dark purple leaves and seed heads in late
summer to frost; upright; 5'; hardy only to zone 9 so grow as
an annual
Atrosanguineum: 3-4'; maroon
leaves; long purple flowers
Rubrum
Dwarf:
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Name
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Consumer Horticulturist
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